If we want a balanced budget, pass it without the poison pill of cutting education or the environment.

That doesn't guarantee us anything except the chance to have a decent, coherent life.

Many of the decisions we have to make today as we move from the cold war to the global society...are every bit as profound.

I'm very concerned by reports that some Republicans in Congress want to ruin these good, bipartisan bills by attaching to them bad proposals that shouldn't be there in the first place.

That means you need a good education.

You can have an impact on your classmates not to start smoking, and we can turn this around.

The degree of the intensity that so many young people in America feel about this issue is the most hopeful thing about it.

Do not throw it away.

One in three chance that you will end your life sooner—that is a lousy bargain for no benefit.

I am writing to express my strong support for The Adoption Promotion and Stability Act of 1996.

There is another benefit to you that we heard them all practicing, which is you won't have to endure our impulse sing-along night.

I'm glad to be here tonight with our guest speaker.

to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 2002 (reappointment)

I'm deeply honored to join with you tonight in honoring two of America's finest citizens, two of the world's greatest human resources, Billy and Ruth Graham.

That is what works.

I continue to believe that if we were to work together in a bipartisan and open fashion we can craft the right kind of legal reform.

We are very proud of you.

The magnitude and the dimension of the problem in Colombia—perhaps the most pivotal country of all in terms of the world's cocaine trade—is extremely grave.